Anti-Plumber Crack Shirt

ABSTRACT

An Anti-Plumber Crack Shirt is a shirt or garment worn by a person to support their pants from sagging and prevents the shirt from becoming untucked when the shirt is tucked into pants while using a belt. The shirt contains wedges attached to the bottom of the shirt that will be tucked into pants below the belt line. These wedges act as an upward force in opposition to the pants downward force thus holding the pants up similar to suspenders but without straps or any connectors. The wedges that are attached to the bottom the shirt get wedged between the person&#39;s body and the pants beneath the belt line making it difficult for the shirt to become untucked resulting in the pants not being able to sag any further.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a garment to assist pants from sagging.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Pants are outer garments covering the body from the waist to the ankles with separate sections for each leg. Some people do not have a problem with pants sagging from the waist line but many people do because their waist line is larger than their hips leaving nothing for the belt in the pants to catch on. When this occurs a person must use suspenders in order to keep the pants up around the waistline. If not the pants will sag and the shirt will become untucked exposing the skin and the top of the buttocks which is common among working people who are constantly bending over while working, most common for plumbers hence the term “plumbers crack” which is named for seeing the top portion of the exposed buttocks.

Plumbers and other workers don't think of constantly pulling up their pants and tucking their shirts in. Some people wear suspenders which are straps worn over a person's shoulders and connect to the pants. While the suspenders are effective they have several inconveniences. If a person has clothing covering the suspenders like a sweater or jacket and wants to drop his pants, he must remove the clothing first or disconnect the suspenders. Also suspenders are uncomfortable and get caught on objects while working. It would be desirable to have a garment that is comfortable and simple to wear that will hold pants up from sagging and not come untucked and exposing the buttocks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The general object of this invention is to provide a simple and comfortable alternative to wearing suspenders. It would be nice to simply put on a shirt in the morning, tuck it into your pants and not worry about it coming untucked while working and letting your pants sag exposing your buttocks to the unsuspecting world around you.

The present invention is a shirt worn to support pants from sagging when it is tucked into pants with a belt being used. The shirt contains wedges attached to the bottom of the shirt. The wedges will be tucked into the paints while attached to the shirt below the belt line. If the pants begin to sag the wedges will become wedged between the bottom of the belt on the pants and the body of the person. This wedging action holds the pants up around the waistline and keeps the shirt from coming untucked.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the shirt of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the shirt of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed sectional view of one of the wedges of the shirt shown in FIG. 2

FIG. 4 is a detailed sectional view of a second embodiment of the wedges.

FIG. 5 is a detailed sectional view of a third embodiment of the wedges.

FIG. 6 is a detailed perspective view of a third embodiment of the wedges.

FIG. 7 is a detailed sectional view of one embodiment of the shirt of this invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention is best understood by reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a back view of a person 10 wearing a shirt 11 that has wedges 12 attached to the bottom of the shirt. The shirt is tucked into a pair of pants 20 that has a belt 30 that is threaded through the belt loops 21 that are sewn onto the pants.

FIG. 2 shows a back view of a shirt with the location of the wedges a small distance above the bottom of the shirt. FIG. 3 shows how the wedge is made at the bottom of the shirt by wrapping and sewing some of the shirt around a piece of cord having a diameter of ⅜″ to ¾″ and a length of approximately 4″ but can be longer or shorter. The wedges are preferably attached 4 across the back of the shirt and spaced evenly.

FIG. 4 shows an alternate method for attaching the wedge to the shirt by first wrapping the piece of cord with a piece of shirt material 13 that is a little bit longer and at least an inch wider than the circumference of the cord. The piece of cord is then sewn into the material by wrapping the material around the cord and sewing the two ends and the length where the material wraps around and touches the extra inch of material. Then this extra inch of material can be sewn to the inside of the shirt at any distance from the bottom of the shirt.

FIG. 5 and 6 shows an alternate non-permanent method of attaching the removable wedges 14. These wedges are made up of two separate pieces of material. The material can be made from some synthetic rubber that one half will have two sharp pin like connectors 15 that will poke through the shirt material at a desired distance from the bottom of the shirt. The second half has holes in them that mate up with the pins snapping the two halves together when a force is exerted on both halves toward each other.

FIG. 7 illustrates how the invention keeps a person's pants up and shirt tucked in. It shows a cross section of the shirt 11 with the wedge 12 tucked into pants 20 that have a belt 30. When the belt is at a normal tautness the wedge will become caught between the bottom of the belt and the person's body acting as a wedge to prevent the pants from sagging and keeping the shirt tucked in.

This invention will make a shirt, worn by a person, hard to become untucked from their pants. This will be done by sewing a rope or chord to the bottom of the shirt circumference. This rope or chord will give some thickness or support when tucked into pants under the belt being used to hold pants up. Because the bottom of the shirt is now thicker it will act as a wedge underneath a tightened belt and will not only not untuck as easily but it will also hold a person's pants from falling down as easily.

SPECIFICATIONS

The Anti-Plumber Crack Shirt is made by attaching rope, cord or any other material to a shirt so that it would act as a wedge when tucked into pants. The wedge material could be sewn, glued, snapped, or by any other means including using Velcro so that the wedge material is either temporarily attached or permanently attached to the shirt. The wedge material can be attached in full circumference of the bottom of the shirt or in small sections of any lengths staggered across just the back of the shirt bottom or anywhere on the shirt necessary to hold the shirt from being untucked when tucked into pants underneath a belt. The wedge material can be at the very bottom of the shirt or can be attached at any distance from the bottom of shirt. The wedge material can be attached to any shirt or garment. The wedge material can be any diameter or thickness necessary to stop the bottom of shirt from coming untucked. A ⅝″ diameter bungee cord cut into four pieces 4″ long and sewn 1″ up from the bottom of the shirt at equal spacing across the back of the shirt is one example of an Anti-Plumber Crack Shirt. Sewing can be done by folding the shirt material around the cord and sewing around the pocket that the shirt has created around the cord. Or the cord can be wrapped and sewn into some separate shirt material so as to leave some extra material hanging by the cord so that it can then be sewn to the shirt by the tab that was created. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A shirt configured to support a person's pants from sagging or becoming untucked when tucked into the person's pants below a belt in the pants, the shirt comprising: wedges, each wedge is permanently attached to the bottom of the said shirt, said wedges are placed anywhere on said shirt so that the said wedges can be tucked into pants below the beltline.
 2. The shirt of claim 1, wherein the wedges are not permanently attached to the said shirt. 